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New Book on Early Christian Apocrypha

October 13, 2015

Over the last number of years, scholarly (as well as popular) interest in Christian apocryphal works has continued to grow. Folks just can’t seem to get enough of “lost” Gospels and other books that did not make it into the New Testament.

Because of my own interest in the subject, I was pleased that yesterday in the mail I received the new volume edited by Andrew Gregory and Christopher Tuckett, The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Apocrypha (Oxford, 2015). This volume includes a fine collection of scholars covering a wide range of topics related to apocryphal Christian works.

Comments

HI Michael, What are your feelings about calling the Gnostic works “gospels” in the first place? Is it just an accepted designation since it’s been used for so long? I always thought it odd that these works rarely show any similarities to the styles or genres of the canonical gospels but yet I’ve never heard the titles seriously questioned. Maybe I just haven’t read those authors who address the issue?

Michael J. Kruger

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I am President and Samuel C. Patterson Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC. In addition, I am an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America and serve as an Associate Pastor (part-time, of course) at my home church, Uptown PCA.